Chapter 167: Division of Labor
The Misfortune Crow could only leave in grievance. It felt that it was still too young—how had it been tricked so easily?
The golden glow of fortune around those two had been dazzling. If it had followed them, it would definitely have obtained plenty of good things.
It had only planned to skim a little off the top, not take everything—because taking everything was impossible anyway.
People with such incredible luck wouldn’t have all their belongings fall out just because of its curse.
What a pity. No more freeloading now.
But if it had to choose again, it would still choose that piece of melon. It had smelled so good.
The Misfortune Crow couldn’t help swallowing its saliva.
After swallowing, it suddenly realized something terrible—it had forgotten to leave any for Li Li.
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Meanwhile, Si Er and the other two headed toward Azure Dragon Mountain.
After all, their four-person team had already gathered three members. If they still didn’t go find his second brother, it would be hard to justify. His second brother would definitely start grumbling again.
Si Er didn’t think he could handle that.
So as soon as they entered Azure Dragon Mountain, following Guagua’s directions, he headed straight toward Si Xu’s location.
Hehe, I found Second Brother so quickly this time. He probably won’t complain about me now.
Si Xu raised an eyebrow and glanced at Yu Beixuan.
“You went to find Classmate Yu first before coming to me, didn’t you?”
“And now even Classmate Lu ranks ahead of me?”
Si Er hurriedly explained, “Second Brother, you misunderstand. When I first came in, I was already very close to Classmate Lu, so we just happened to travel together.”
“As for Xuanxuan, he found me first!”
Even though I was also looking for him. Even though we were heading toward each other. But I can’t say that!
Si Xu: …He felt like his younger brother hadn’t been as adorable since falling for Yu Beixuan.
Forget it. What fault did his brother have? This was all Yu Beixuan’s fault. Who told him to grow exactly into Er’er’s aesthetic preference?
“Alright, alright. Let’s go treasure hunting first.” Si Xu reached out and pinched Si Er’s cheek. “Is Classmate Lu’s Treasure-Seeking Mouse useful?”
Si Er nodded. “Pretty useful.”
Si Xu asked curiously, “Then which is more useful—Xiao Bai or Guagua? I remember Guagua was also very fast at finding the Four Symbols Tokens before.”
Si Er smiled. “Each has its strengths.”
“The Treasure-Seeking Mouse is good at finding treasures. But something like the Four Symbols Token doesn’t hold value for it, so it can’t find those.”
“But spiritual herbs and fruits? It can locate them quickly—even mineral veins buried deep underground. Given enough time, it can dig them out.”
“But Guagua isn’t as sensitive to natural resources. If you ask Guagua to find ore, it can only locate the ones that others have already discovered and begun mining.”
“Guagua found the Four Symbols Tokens because those were hidden by people.”
“I see.” Si Xu quickly summarized. “So Xiao Bai is simply good at treasure hunting, while Guagua is actually good at snatching things, right?”
“It can only find what others have discovered first?”
Guagua became unhappy. “Second Brother, how can you slander my innocence out of thin air? I’ve never snatched anything from anyone.”
“That’s true,” Yu Beixuan nodded. “Actually, this talent is also quite suitable for stealing.”
Guagua exploded with anger and immediately began whispering bad things about Yu Beixuan.
[Er’er, I think that brat Yu Beixuan isn’t suitable. You two should break up.]
Yu Beixuan: This rabbit is really despicable!
Si Er only smiled and shook his head, gently stroking Guagua’s head in his arms.
Didn’t you quite like Xuanxuan before?
[I’m a top-tier light-attribute beast. Why would I like someone with a dark-attribute physique? We’re naturally incompatible.]
[But Er’er complements him, and Er’er likes him, so I liked him a tiny bit too.]
[But the way he talks just now—I don’t like him anymore.]
Ah, then for my sake, like him just a little bit more, okay? I’ll tell him not to talk like that.
[Fine. For Er’er’s happiness, I can tolerate him a little bit.]
Mm-hmm. Our Guagua is the best.
Si Xu disagreed strongly with that statement. Since when was Er’er’s happiness linked to that brat Yu Beixuan?
Si Er smiled. “Second Brother and Xuanxuan, stop teasing Guagua. Guagua’s getting upset.”
“Guagua’s ability is amazing too. It can provide us with so many clues. It’s the most impressive little rabbit I’ve ever seen.”
Yu Beixuan and Si Xu both fell silent.
They also thought Guagua was impressive—but little?
This was clearly the fattest rabbit they had ever seen. And it had grown fat purely from devouring gossip.
Even though Guagua is better at eating gossip, we shouldn’t say that. Let everyone think it’s just good at finding things.
Yu Beixuan & Si Xu: Sorry, no misunderstanding there. Everyone knows it’s good at exposing secrets.
After all, once certain secrets are exposed, Guagua could easily get assassinated, right?
Si Xu: Indeed. Eldest Brother has wanted to assassinate it for a long time.
Yu Beixuan: Frequently wants to kill it—but since Er’er likes it, fine.
Guagua suddenly felt a chill all over its body, especially around its neck. Terrifying.
“Er’er, I’m sleepy. Let me go back to the soul-pet space and sleep for a bit!”
As soon as it said that, Guagua dashed back into the soul-pet space at a speed that looked suspiciously like fleeing for its life.
Si Er found it a bit sudden. But recently, Guagua had been diving into the soul-pet space whenever it felt like it, so he was used to it.
Still, he didn’t think it was suitable for Guagua to go in right now.
So he pulled Guagua back out again.
“Good Guagua, you know Xiao Bai rushes forward recklessly every time it hunts for treasure. It doesn’t know how to turn or consider timing. That’s not good.”
“So we still need your help.”
Guagua glanced around anxiously. After noticing that the killing intent in the surroundings had dissipated, it finally relaxed.
It quickly puffed out its chest and perked up its ears, assuring Si Er, “Er’er, don’t worry. With me here, nothing will go wrong!”
And so, from then on, Xiao Bai and Guagua discussed the route together.
For example, when Xiao Bai sensed a third-tier spiritual herb a hundred li away, it immediately wanted to lead everyone straight there in a direct line.
But as soon as it expressed the idea, Guagua stopped it.
“Are you joking? How can we go in a straight line? It looks fastest, but we’d never make it. We’d fall straight into a swamp.”
“Squeak…”
Xiao Bai immediately lowered its head, not daring to argue.
It actually knew its own flaw. It could only sense the location and distance of good things—it couldn’t calculate the optimal route.
But that was normal! Other Treasure-Seeking Mice couldn’t do that either!
The difference was that other Treasure-Seeking Mice didn’t get lost.
They could run while observing their surroundings and avoid many dangers.
But Xiao Bai had a terrible sense of direction and only knew how to move in straight lines.
Seeing this, Si Er felt a bit sympathetic. After all, Xiao Bai wasn’t a pure-blood Treasure-Seeking Mouse. Having a slight flaw was normal.
Compared to others, Xiao Bai ran faster! That counted as having its own strength.
Si Er patted Guagua and said, “Alright, alright. We’re all on the same team. Xiao Bai searches for treasure, Guagua scouts the route. Division of labor and cooperation.”
